English [ edit ]
A male sparrow (Passer domesticus )
A female sparrow (Passer domesticus )
Etymology [ edit ]
From Middle English sparwe , sparowe , from Old English spearwa , from Proto-West Germanic *sparwō , from Proto-Germanic *sparwô , from Proto-Indo-European *spḗr ( “ sparrow ” ) .
Cognate with Dutch spreeuw ( “ starling ” ) , Alemannic German Spar ( “ sparrow ” ) , German Sperling ( “ sparrow ” ) , Danish and Norwegian Bokmål spurv ( “ sparrow ” ) , Norwegian Nynorsk sporv ( “ sparrow ” ) , Swedish sparv ( “ sparrow ” ) , Breton frao ( “ crow ” ) , Tocharian A spārāñ , Ancient Greek ψάρ ( psár , “ starling ” ) .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
sparrow (plural sparrows )
The house sparrow , Passer domesticus ; a small bird with a short bill, and brown, white and gray feathers.
Synonyms: spadger , ( Australia ) spoggy , spuggy
A member of the family Passeridae , comprising small Old World songbirds .
A member of the family Emberizidae , comprising small New World songbirds.
Generically, any small , nondescript bird.
( UK , chiefly London ) A quick-witted, lively person.
cockney sparrow
1878 , Ally Sloper's guide to the Paris exhibition , Charles Henry Ross, page 54:
I take it there 's scarcely a happier fellow alive than your honest town-bred smoke-dried cockney sparrow .
2005 , Drama Faces: Martine McCutcheon , BBC
Professional cockney sparrow Martine has acted since childhood.
Derived terms [ edit ]
Translations [ edit ]
bird of the family Passeridae
Aghwan: 𐕖𐕒𐔱𐔰𐔾 ( čobal )
Albanian: harabel (sq) m , trumcak (sq) m
Arabic: عَصْفُور ( ʿaṣfūr ) , عُصْفُور m ( ʿuṣfūr )
Egyptian Arabic: عصفور m ( ʿuṣfūr )
Armenian: ճնճղուկ (hy) ( čnčłuk ) , ծիտ (hy) ( cit )
Middle Armenian: չիտ ( čʿit )
Old Armenian: ծիտ ( cit )
Assamese: ঘৰচিৰিকা ( ghorsirika ) , ঘনচিৰিকা ( ghonsirika ) , ঘৰচৰাই ( ghorsorai )
Azerbaijani: sərçə (az)
Baluchi: جنجشک ( jinjišk )
Bashkir: турғай ( turğay )
Belarusian: верабе́й (be) m ( vjerabjéj ) , варо́бчык m ( varóbčyk ) ( diminutive )
Bengali: চড়ুই ( côṛui )
Bhojpuri: गौरइया ( gauraiyā )
Bulgarian: врабче́ (bg) n ( vrabčé )
Burmese: စာ (my) ( ca )
Catalan: pardal (ca) m , teuladí (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 麻雀 (zh) ( máquè )
Chuvash: ҫерҫи ( śerś̬i )
Crimean Tatar: torğay
Czech: vrabec (cs) m
Danish: spurv (da) c
Dupaningan Agta: pipittot
Dutch: mus (nl) m or f , huismus (nl) f
Esperanto: pasero (eo)
Estonian: varblane (et)
Faroese: spurvur m , spurv f
Finnish: varpunen (fi)
French: moineau (fr) m
Galician: pardal (gl) m
Georgian: ბეღურა (ka) ( beɣura ) , ჩიტი ( čiṭi )
German: Sperling (de) m , Spatz (de) m
Gothic: 𐍃𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍅𐌰 n ( sparwa )
Greek: σπουργίτι (el) n ( spourgíti ) , σπουργίτης (el) m ( spourgítis )
Ancient: στρουθός m ( strouthós )
Hindi: गौरैया (hi) m ( gauraiyā ) , गौरिया (hi) f ( gauriyā )
Gujarati: ચકલી (gu) f ( caklī )
Hebrew: דְּרוֹר (he) m ( dror ) , אַנְקוֹר (he) m ( anqór )
Hungarian: veréb (hu)
Icelandic: spörfugl (is) m
Irish: gealbhan (ga) m
Italian: passero (it) m
Japanese: 雀 (ja) ( すずめ, suzume )
Kashmiri: کٲنٛتُر m ( kạ̄ntur ) , کانٛتُر m ( kāntur ) , ژٔر f ( ċạr )
Kashubian: warbel m
Kazakh: торғай ( torğai )
Khmer: ចាប (km) ( caap )
Korean: 참새 (ko) ( chamsae )
Kyrgyz: таранчы (ky) ( tarançı ) , тараанчы (ky) ( taraançı )
Lao: ກະຈອກ ( ka chǭk )
Latin: passer (la) m
Latvian: zvirbulis m
Lithuanian: žvirblis (lt) m
Low German: Lüneng m
Luxembourgish: Spatz m
Macedonian: врабец m ( vrabec ) , врапче n ( vrapče )
Malay: pipit
Maori: tiu
Marathi: चिमणी f ( cimṇī )
Mingrelian: ჩიტი ( čiṭi ) , ბაღჷრე ( baɣəre )
Mongolian: бор шувуу ( bor šuvuu ) , богширго (mn) ( bogširgo ) , болжмор (mn) ( bolžmor ) ( popular, regional ) , бялзуухай (mn) ( bjalzuuxaj ) ( popular, regional )
Navajo: tsídiiłbáhí
Nepali: भँगेरा ( bhãgerā )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: spurv (no) m
Nynorsk: sporv m
Occitan: passerat (oc) m , passeron m
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: врабии m ( vrabij )
Old East Slavic: воробии m ( vorobij )
Old English: spearwa m
Old Norse: spǫrr m
Oriya: ଚଟିଆ (or) ( côṭia )
Persian: گنجشک (fa) ( gonješk ) , عَصْفُور (fa) ( osfur )
Plautdietsch: Spauz m
Polish: wróbel (pl) m
Portuguese: pardal (pt) m
Romanian: vrabie (ro) f
Russian: воробе́й (ru) m ( vorobéj ) , воро́бышек (ru) ( voróbyšek ) ( diminutive ) , воро́бушек (ru) m ( voróbušek ) ( diminutive )
Rusyn: воробе́ль m ( vorobélʹ )
Sanskrit: चटक (sa) m ( caṭaka )
Scottish Gaelic: gealbhonn m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: вра́бац m
Roman: vrábac (sh) m
Slovak: vrabec (sk) m
Slovene: vrábəc (sl) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: wrobel m
Upper Sorbian: wrobl m , wroblik m
Spanish: pasérido m , gorrión (es) m
Swahili: shomoro
Swedish: sparv (sv) c , sparvfink (sv) c
Sylheti: ꠌꠠꠂ ( soṛoi )
Tagalog: pipit
Tajik: гунҷишк (tg) ( gunjišk ) , чумчук ( čumčuk )
Tamil: சிட்டுக்குருவி (ta) ( ciṭṭukkuruvi )
Tatar: чыпчык (tt) ( çıpçıq )
Telugu: పిచ్చుక (te) ( piccuka )
Thai: กระจอก (th) ( grà-jɔ̀ɔk )
Turkish: serçe (tr)
Turkmen: serçe
Ubykh: баӷыр ( bağər )
Ukrainian: горобе́ць (uk) m ( horobécʹ ) , горо́бчик m ( horóbčyk ) ( diminutive ) , воробе́ць m ( vorobécʹ ) ( dated ) , воробе́ль m ( vorobélʹ ) ( dated or regional )
Urdu: گورییا m ( gauraiyā )
Uyghur: قۇشقاچ ( qushqach )
Uzbek: chumchuq (uz)
Venetian: seléga f , séłega f
Vietnamese: sẻ (vi)
Welsh: sbrocsyn (cy) m , sbrocsynnod m pl
Yakut: барабыай ( barabıay )
Yiddish: שפּערל m ( shperl )
bird of the family Emberizidae
generically, any small, nondescript bird
Translations to be checked
Afrikaans: (please verify ) mossie
Albanian: (please verify ) harabeli
Alviri-Vidari: ( Vidari ) : (please verify ) گنگوشک ( gangušk )
Azerbaijani: (please verify ) sərçə (az)
Basque: (please verify ) txolarre
Belarusian: (please verify ) верабе́й (be) m ( vjerabjéj )
Breton: (please verify ) golvan (br)
Bulgarian: (please verify ) врабче́ (bg) n ( vrabčé ) , (please verify ) врабе́ц m ( vrabéc )
Chechen: (please verify ) хьозий ( ḥʳozii )
Dutch: (please verify ) mus (nl) f , (please verify ) huismus (nl) f
Esperanto: (please verify ) pasero (eo)
Estonian: (please verify ) varblane (et)
Friulian: (please verify ) passare
Galician: (please verify ) pardal (gl) , (please verify ) gorrión (gl)
Gallurese: (please verify ) furfurinu , (please verify ) fruffurarzu , (please verify ) bulfurarju m
Icelandic: (please verify ) spör ((please verify ) gráspör (is) )
Interlingua: (please verify ) passere (ia)
Italian: (please verify ) passero (it) m
Korean: (please verify ) 참새 (ko) ( chamsae )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: (please verify ) چۆلەکە (ku) ( çoleke ) , (please verify ) پاساری (ku) ( pasarî )
Northern Kurdish: (please verify ) beytik (ku)
Ladin: (please verify ) spoz
Latgalian: (please verify ) zvierbuļs m , (please verify ) žeigurs m
Latin: (please verify ) passer (la)
Latvian: (please verify ) zvirbulis m
Lithuanian: (please verify ) žvirblis (lt) m , (please verify ) žvirblė f
Low German: (please verify ) Lünink , (please verify ) Lünk , (please verify ) Lüüntje m , (please verify ) Dackfink m
Macedonian: (please verify ) врабец m ( vrabec )
Maltese: (please verify ) għasfur tal-bejt
Mandarin:
Mandarin: (please verify ) 麻雀 (zh) ( máquè )
Mazanderani: (please verify ) میچکا
Norwegian: (please verify ) spurv (no) , (please verify ) gråspurv (no) m
Occitan: (please verify ) passerat (oc)
Romani: (please verify ) chirikloro m , (please verify ) chirikliori f
Romanian: (please verify ) vrabie (ro) f
Sardinian: (please verify ) crucculeu , (please verify ) gruccùcciu m
Sassarese: (please verify ) furfurinu , (please verify ) fruffurarzu , (please verify ) bulfurarju m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: (please verify ) врабац m
Roman: (please verify ) vrabac (sh) m
Slovene: (please verify ) vrabec (sl) m
Spanish: (please verify ) gorrión (es) m
Swahili: (please verify ) shomoro
Swedish: (please verify ) sparv (sv) ((please verify ) gråsparv (sv) )
Taos: (please verify ) p’į́wna
Turkish: (please verify ) serçe (tr)
Vietnamese: (please verify ) sẻ (vi) , (please verify ) chim sẻ
West Frisian: (please verify ) mosk (fy)